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Exercise and Recovery in Postpartum Depression

I remember my postpartum depression and anxiety. I was so overwhelmed fighting for survival day by day, that energy for anything other than that was non existent. On the rare days that I did have energy, my anxiety made me too scattered to focus. My depression...

Published Thu, Jul 02 2015 1:38 PM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, postpartum depression treatment

Esther Dale – Happy Mother’s Day to ALL Moms

For all the mothers out there, of any variety, Happy Mother’s Day. If you are a mother, you are fierce and you are awesome. Whether you are a birth mom, adoptive mom, stay-at-home-mom, work-at-home-mom, employed outside the home mom, mom who goes...

Published Sun, May 10 2015 11:00 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Mother's Day Rally for Mental Health

Six Things to Say to Your Loved One with PPD

As I continue to use my voice as an advocate for moms who are struggling with PPD, I keep returning to the same questions that my family asked me. How could we have helped? What could we have said that would help you get help sooner? Thank you to my mom...

Published Fri, Nov 21 2014 8:35 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

5 Ways To Stop Being Crushed With Worries

I am an expert on worrying. Worry. Worries. Queen Worrier. I can ruminate with the best of them. I can come up with “what ifs” with lightning quick intensity. This is part and parcel of my lifelong battle with anxiety, and for any of you who...

Published Fri, Feb 08 2013 7:08 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: postpartum anxiety, anxiety, worry, stop worrying, worrying, worries

Should You Have A Baby If You Struggle with Serious Mental Illness?

Let’s say you are in the high-risk category for developing a postpartum mood or anxiety disorder like postpartum depression. You have battled depression, anxiety, OCD, or bipolar throughout your lifetime, and you have been told that the major hormonal...

Published Thu, Feb 07 2013 7:18 AM by NEW! from PostpartumProgress.com

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Bipolar Disorder, mental illness, pregnancy

Orangette Talks About Postpartum Depression

Molly Wizenberg, restaurateur & author of the blog Orangette and the book A Homemade Life, wrote in her blog this week about being diagnosed with postpartum depression: When I was diagnosed, and when I was first trying to make sense of it, what I...

Published Tue, Jan 15 2013 7:11 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, Orangette

Postpartum Anxiety Led Mom To Bury Herself In Her Work

Warrior Mom Tana W. shares how she buried herself even deeper in her work while going through postpartum anxiety just to feel a sense of purpose. After an unplanned c-section due to some medical complications and a four-day hospital stay, I was desperate...

Published Wed, Oct 17 2012 8:01 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, postpartum anxiety, work

PPD Chat Transcript, Social Good Summit & More News

It’s easy for me to forget to let you know what’s going on or what I’m up to. Then again, I’m not sure you want to know. Or need to know. So if posts with me telling you what I’m doing out in the world related to PPD —...

Published Fri, Sep 21 2012 6:57 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, colorado department of public health, social good summit

A Letter To Her Son About Postpartum Anxiety

Warrior Mom Jill, who has been struggling with postpartum anxiety, wrote a letter to her son to give to him on his 18th birthday. She is our guest contributor today. Hudson, I finally feel like I’ll be able to be the mom you deserve to have. You...

Published Sat, Oct 20 2012 7:19 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: postpartum anxiety

Postpartum Depression Book Review: A Ghost in the House

Welcome to Volume 2 of the Postpartum Progress Warrior Moms Book Club! Earlier this year we began The Warrior Mom Book Club, a partnership between Beyond Postpartum and Postpartum Progress. Katherine Stone and I have learned over the years of providing...

Published Tue, Dec 04 2012 8:53 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

How To Get Your Story, Event or News Published on Postpartum Progress

I hope you don’t mind a little housekeeping chat, but this is really important. Especially for those of you who run PPD support organizations, or who are volunteers or professionals with news to share, or are moms who want to share their stories...

Published Tue, Apr 17 2012 1:22 PM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

Trichotillomania & Dermatillomania: On Hair Pulling & Skin Picking

I’m a skin picker. I pick and scratch at my skin, especially around my fingernails. I’ve always thought of it as a manifestation of my OCD. When I start getting nervous, I’ll start picking at my cuticles or scratching my shoulder. I...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 6:20 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression, hair puller, skin picker, dermatillomania, trichotillomania

Depression In Men: A Dad’s Story of Male Postpartum Depression

Men get depressed in the first year postpartum, too. Whether you call it paternal postpartum depression or something else, what we do know is that new fathers’ suffering can impact the health of their children just as the depression of new mothers...

Published Tue, Apr 24 2012 6:41 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Help For Fathers, postpartum depression dads, paternal postpartum depression, father depression, men depression, postpartum depression fathers, male postpartum depression, depression in men

A Rant On Postpartum Depression & Trying To Justify It

Is there ever a way to really help someone understand what it is like to go through postpartum depression? Why you are the way you are right now (or were then, if you’re a survivor), thinking the things you think during PPD? Probably not. So we...

Published Thu, Apr 19 2012 6:24 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Postpartum Depression

Dads Speak Out on Postpartum Depression, Part 3: I Can’t Fix It

Today in our new fathers’ series, I’d like to welcome Cortney Sluiter, husband of Warrior Mom Kate Sluiter and blogger in his own right at Tasty Buttered Toast. Aaaaaand, it just so happens he became a father twice over this week with baby...

Published Thu, Mar 15 2012 6:00 AM by Postpartum Progress

Filed under: Help For Fathers, new fathers, dads, postpartum depression dads

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Exercise and Recovery in Postpartum Depression

Esther Dale – Happy Mother’s Day to ALL Moms

Six Things to Say to Your Loved One with PPD

5 Ways To Stop Being Crushed With Worries

Should You Have A Baby If You Struggle with Serious Mental Illness?

Orangette Talks About Postpartum Depression

Postpartum Anxiety Led Mom To Bury Herself In Her Work

PPD Chat Transcript, Social Good Summit & More News

A Letter To Her Son About Postpartum Anxiety

Postpartum Depression Book Review: A Ghost in the House

How To Get Your Story, Event or News Published on Postpartum Progress

Trichotillomania & Dermatillomania: On Hair Pulling & Skin Picking

Depression In Men: A Dad’s Story of Male Postpartum Depression

A Rant On Postpartum Depression & Trying To Justify It

Dads Speak Out on Postpartum Depression, Part 3: I Can’t Fix It